People in Fundraising, Season 2, Ep. 24: Jason Roesler, Apra Board Member

Recorded summer 2023: Jason Roesler has spent his entire 16-year career to-date in prospect development at his alma mater, Washington State University, from which he has earned three degrees! 

Jason joined People in Fundraising on *the same day* that WSU went live with a new CRM!

Like most other guests across nearly 70 episodes, Jason describes his entrée into fundraising as happenstance. He “felt at home in prospect development almost immediately.”

Jason talks about:
* The importance of intellectual curiosity in prospect management and research

*Taking “informed chances,” a lesson learned from Jon Thorsen

*The benefit of informal check-ins with his teams, and how to do that in our hybrid/remote structure

*Jason’s answer to a question once posed to “Schitt’s Creek” actor Eugene Levy – “What would you have missed in life without the work you do?”